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The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. — George Eliot
The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. — Christian Nestell Bovee
All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but… — Ernst Gombrich
Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless… — William Cowper
Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for up-sized art and more of it... Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast.… — Jerry Saltz
An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities. — Wayne Thiebaud
An American soldier, Saddam in his sights, has a picture of a naked, buxom woman on his dashboard, an obvious affront to Muslim sensibilities. — Margo Kingston
Pleasure is to a woman what the sun is to the flower: if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it… — Charles Caleb Colton
The chemistry and the comfort and trust between two people playing a love story l is key, and to have a friend that I could… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked… — Marc Jacobs
If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping… — Shia LaBeouf
The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. — Anthony Minghella
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery,… — Ivanka Trump
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man,… — Frances Wright
Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of heavy industry which… — Susan Sontag
I’ve never met anyone who had a monkey for a friend before. (Maggie) I don’t know. I think those two guys you were with would… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sure, nothing succeeds like success. Fact is, dearest, we are fools. We cling to an ideal no one wants or cares about. I am the… — Emma Goldman
I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I… — Kij Johnson
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
House-training, I must tell you, is a formality that can elude young dachshunds for some time; this is particularly true in climates that affront their… — Mary Doria Russell
He blinked a few times, each motion so slow that he was never quite sure if he’d get his eyes open again. He wasn’t wearing… — Julia Quinn
One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities.… — Anais Nin
Please, Lord Maccon, use one of the cups. My delicate sensibilities.” The earl actually snorted. “My dear Miss Tarabotti, if you possessed any such things,… — Gail Carriger

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